by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Community, Gratitude, Life Issues
On the occasion of Singapore’s National Day (August 9) let me put on record my thanks to the Singapore church, and I will name names. I am a Malaysian in full-time church ministry. In this part of the world, a divorce is the kiss of death for public ministry. I did my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 3, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Life Issues, Mentoring, Relationships
I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise. I received a photo via Whatsapp of two friends — Michael Low, who is now a student at Regent College, and Dr Bruce Waltke, one of my lecturers when I was studying at Regent (1981–85). Michael has been kindly conveying my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I have said it before and I will say it again. Death, even when expected, still takes you by surprise. Yesterday, I received a Whatsapp message from my cousin Colin to say that 4th aunt (Ah Hoon Kor) who lived in Penang, had passed away. She had been ill and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Graceworks, Young Adult Ministry
The best things in my life have been unexpected. Like meeting Bernice across a book table. Or the gathering of almost 40 young-adult ministry leaders in our house. It started innocently enough. I was taking a retreat with Bible Presbyterian young adults and I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Family, Leadership, Parenting
If I were deciding on a career today and did any sort of vocational testing, I am sure I wouldn’t have done dentistry. I would probably have ended up in law, or management or mass communication, but no, not dentistry. Fine detailed handwork is just not me,...
